FC Barcelona players triumphed over Bayern Munich 4:1 in Wednesday’s 3rd round of the basic phase of the Champions League and claimed their second convincing victory in a row. Brazilian Raphinha flashed a hat-trick in the home jersey.
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Moment from the match Manchester City – Sparta Prague.
The first loss was suffered by Sparta Praha, who suffered a 0:5 debacle from Manchester City. Slovakian winger Lukáš Haraslín also started in the starting line-up of the “Reds”, but during the break he substituted due to a muscle injury.
Feyenoord Rotterdam with defender Dávid Hanck celebrated their second win in the league phase when they won 2:1 at Benfica Lisbon.
Liverpool, who triumphed in Leipzig 1:0 with a goal by Darwin Nunez, continues to maintain a 100 percent record. “The Reds”, together with Aston Villa, are the only ones with a full number of points after the 3rd round.
In addition to City, even Inter Milan (both 7 points), who won 1:0 at Young Boys Bern, still did not collect in the new LM season. Marcus Thuram’s goal from extra time decided the triumph of the Italian champions. Earlier, Marko Arnautovič did not convert a penalty for the visitors.
Sparta did not catch the beginning of the meeting at the Etihad Stadium and conceded after less than three minutes from the first shot on goal. After Manuel Akanji’s pass, Phil Foden penetrated the middle of the field and headed from inside the penalty area to the left post – 1:0.
In the 10th minute, Erling Haaland could have increased the lead, his header was miraculously caught by Peter Vindahl. The Czech representative had the first chance in the 26th minute, Haraslín kicked the ball to Veljko Birmančevič, who made his way from the right side to the penalty area, but Stefan Ortega pushed out his cross-court shot.
After that, Vindahl had his hands full, thanks mainly to Sparta’s narrow deficit. Haraslín did not start the second act, as he requested a substitution due to muscle problems. After the change of sides, the onrushing Nathan Ake made a breakthrough, but VAR revealed that the City defender had first touched the ball with his hand.
Only Haaland added the second goal of the English champion, in the 57th minute he still headed Vindahl, but two minutes later he beat him with his left hand in a “Zlatan” manner from an acrobatic position.
The “Reds” were no longer able to stop the home team’s offensive actions, John Stones made it 3-0 with a header and then added his second goal of the match after Haaland’s quick action. Nunes sealed the victory from the penalty kick.
The “Citizens” did not concede even in the third match in the main phase of the LM, following up on the previous sovereign victory of 4:0 from the Slovan Bratislava stadium.
In addition, they created a new record for the number of matches in the Champions League and the European Champions Cup without losing in regular time (26).
Champions League – 3rd round of the league stage:
Atalanta Bergamo – Celtic Glasgow 0:0
Stade Brest – Bayer Leverkusen 1:1 (1:1)
Goals: 39. Lees-Melou – 24. Wirtz. Judges: KRUŽLIAK – HANCKO, ATTENTION (all SR)
Atletico Madrid – OSC Lille 1:3 (1:0)
Goals: 8. Alvarez – 74. and 89. David (from 11 m), 61. Zhegrova
FC Barcelona – Bayern Munich 4:1 (3:1)
Goals: 1., 45. a 56. Raphinha, 36. Lewandowski – 18. Kane
Benfica Lisabon – Feyenoord Rotterdam 1:3 (0:2)
Goals: 66. Aktürkoglu – 33. a 90.+2 Milambo, 12. Ueda
D. Hancko (Feyenoord) played the entire match
Manchester City – Sparta Prague 5:0 (1:0)
Goals: 58. a 68. Haaland, 3. Foden, 64. Stones, 87. Nunes (z 11 m)
L. Haraslín (Sparta) played until the 46th minute
RB Leipzig – FC Liverpool 0:1 (0:1)
Goal: 28. Nunez
FC Salzburg – Dinamo Zagreb 0:2 (0:0)
Goals: 49. Kulenovič, 84. Petkovič, ČK: 66. Schlager (Salzburg)
Young Boys Bern – Inter Milan 0:1 (0:0)
Goal: 90.+3 Thuram
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